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Fenway Park - 100 years of games

Posted by Ken Revis at 2:30 PM on March 23, 2012

As I'm sure you've know, legendary Fenway Park is 100 years old this year. It is being celebrated as the grande dame of all major league stadiums, and the heart of the game. This blog summarizes the great games at Fenway. We also provide links to the play by play of those games.
Red Sox history over these 100 years has been rich with meaningful games, including 7 pennants and 3 World Series titles. There have been over 8,000 games played at the Fens, and many of them memorable. Hopefully we have included most of them. Feel free to email us with any games you feel we missed, and we will review them for possible inclusion. To search for games, you can scroll through the blog or choose a year from Table of Years below. At the present time, we don't have sufficient game information for unlinked years.

The Red Sox overcome the New York Highlanders (they become the Yankees the following year), 7-6, in 11 innings. The game takes 3 hours and 20 minutes. New York has a 5 to 1 lead after 3, but score only 1 run
thereafter, in the 8th inning, while yielding 3 in the 4th and 1 each in the 6th, 8th, and 11th
innings to the Red Sox.

For Boston, Tris Speaker gets 3 hits, including the game-winner with 2
outs in the 11th inning. 2nd baseman Steve Yerkes collects 5 hits and scores 3 runs,
including the winning one. Yerkes has 2 doubles to go along with 3 singles, while
Speaker, 1st baseman Jake Stahl, and pitcher Charley Hall each also double. The Highlanders have no extra base hits in the game.

Although the game was played under sunny skies, the 9 errors in
the game are at least partially caused by the wet field, resulting from the rainy weather of
the prior couple of days that postponed the opening of the season by a couple of days.

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October 9th, 1912 - First World Series at Fenway

After winning the first game of the World Series, 4-3, at the Polo Grounds, the Red Sox
host the second game at Fenway Park before 30,148 fans. The game features 8 unearned runs on 6 errors. The game is called after 11 innings due to darkness with a 6-6 tie.

Christy Mathewson goes the full 11 innings, giving up all 6 runs on 10 hits. None of the
runs are earned as the Giants commit 5 errors, including 3 by the shortstop Art Fletcher.

The World Series is tied 3-3. The 8th game of the series, necessitated by the tie game (see above), is played at Fenway Park as a result of a coin flip. Because the game is scheduled at the last minute, only
17,034 fans show up. Christy Mathewson, 0 and 2 in the series, is on the mound for New
York. Hugh Bedient is starting for Boston. The game is tied after 9 innings. The Giants get a run the top of the 10th. The Red Sox come to bat in
the bottom of the 10th needing a run to tie and 2 to win. Mathewson is still pitching. Clyde
Engle, pinch-hitting for pitcher Smoky Joe Wood, who came on in the 8th, hits a fly ball to
center which Fred Snodgrass has and then drops. Engle reaches 2nd base on the error.
Harry Hooper hits a fly ball to center which moves Engle to 3rd. After Steve Yerkes walks, Tris Speaker
singles, scoring Engle. The game is now tied, with runners on 2nd and 3rd. After
intentionally walking Duffy Lewis, Matthewson yields a fly ball to Larry Gardner, deep enough in right field to
allow Yerkes to score. The Boston Red Sox are World Series Champions.

The Boston Braves host the World Series at Fenway Park in 1914. They had won the 1st
two games over the Philadelphia Athletics 7-1 in the 1st game and 1-0 in the 2nd, both at
Shibe Park. In game 3, played on Monday October 12th at Fenway Park before 35,520
fans, Bullet Joe Bush goes for the Athletics and Lefty Tyler for the Braves. The game is
tied, 2-2, after 9 innings, with both starters in the game. Both teams score 2 runs in the 10th
inning and are scoreless in the 11th. After Philadelphia is retired in the 12th with no runs,
Hank Gowdy, the Braves catcher, who earlier in the game had doubled in a run and
homered, leads off the bottom of the 12th with a ground rule double. After Larry Gilbert is
walked intentionally, Herbie Moran lays down a bunt. Bush fields it and in attempting to get
Mann at 3rd (Mann had pinch run for Gowdy), throws the ball away, allowing Mann to score.
The Braves take a 3-0 lead in the Series.

This game is pitched against the New York Yankees. Rube Foster walks 3 batters and
strikes out 3. He retires 18 on fly balls. The Red Sox win the game 2-0, scoring 1 run in the
1st and another in the 6th. Harry Hooper has 3 of the 8 hits for Boston, including a double.
Hal Janvrin, who had 2 hits, triples in the game.

In the first game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators‚ Boston's Babe Ruth starts and gets ejected after arguing with and throwing some punches at the home plate umpire. Ernie Shore comes on in relief, and after the runner on 1st gets thrown out attempting to steal, Shore retires all 26 men he faces in a 4-0 win. Shore initially gets credit for the perfect game, but later he is downgraded to a shared no-hitter with Ruth.

September 11, 1918 - Red Sox win their last championship of the century

The Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, to win the World Series in 6 games. They win
their 5th Series in their last 5 tries. They score 9 runs in the entire Series, the fewest runs
by the winning team in World Series history. The Cubs scored 10 runs. Neither team hits a
home run throughout the Series. It will be the last time the Red Sox will win a World Series
until 2004. The game is played before 15,238. Carl Mays goes all the way for the Red Sox,
giving up only 3 hits over his 9 innings. He wins his 2nd game of the Series (Babe Ruth also
won 2 games). Lefty Tyler gets the loss for the Cubs. The Red Sox score their 2 runs, both
unearned, in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Boston's Amos Strunk, with 2 hits, is the only
player on either team to have more than 1 hit. The game takes only 1 hour and 46 minutes
to play.

The great home run race is on between Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and the Yankees show
up for a Labor Day doubleheader, played before 35,000 fans. In the first game, which goes 18 innings, Gehrig hits his
44th home run of the year (the only HR in the game) to tie him with Ruth for the lead.
Gehrig goes 4 for 6 in the game, bringing his average to .386. Ruth hits 17 home runs in
September and reaches 60 by September 30th. In this game, however, he is only 1 for 7,
with no home runs. His lone hit is a double. The game is tied, 8 to 8 after 9 innings. In the
top of the 17th the Yankees score 3 runs, but the Red Sox match them with 3 of their own.
After New York goes scoreless in the top of the 18th, Boston manages a run in the bottom of
the 18th to win the game. The run is scored when Ira Flagstead singles home Buddy Myer who doubled earlier. The Yanks have 21 hits and the Red Sox have 20. Earle Combs
has 5 hits for New York, leading all players. 5 players for Boston and 2 for New York have
3 hits. There are 16 doubles in the game. Red Ruffing, a future Yankee, goes 15 innings for Boston but does not get a decision. The game takes 4 hours and 20 minutes to play. The Yankees sweep the doubleheader, winning the second game, 5 to 0.

On this day, before only 4,000 fans, Art Herring for the Tigers (12 2/3 innings) and
Ed Durham (13 innings) for the Red Sox, lock up in a classic pitching duel. The Red Sox
win, 1-0, in the 13th inning. They win when Tom Oliver singles in Bill Sweeney, who
doubled earlier. Despite their performance, both pitchers have losing records for the year.
The Red Sox have 10 hits, the Tigers 5. Durham records only 1 strikeout in his 13 innings,
and gives up no walks.

After 2 games in St. Louis, and the World Series tied at 1 game apiece, 34,500 show up at Fenway Park to watch Dave Ferriss record a 6-hit shutout, the 50th shutout in World Series
history. The Red Sox win 4-0, on the strength of a Rudy York 2-out 3-run home run in the
1st inning. Bobby Doerr and Dom DiMaggio each double in the game for Boston as does
the St. Louis pitcher, Murry Dickson. Also for the Cardinals, Stan Musial triples.

The Red Sox take a 3-2 game lead in the series as they beat the Cardinals, 6-3. Johnny Pesky has 3 hits for Boston. Joe Dobson pitches a complete game, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits. The teams travel back to St. Louis, where the Cardinals will win the remaining 2 games and the World Series.

The Red Sox score 14 runs in the 7th inning, setting a new record, to beat the visiting
Philadelphia Athletics‚ 19-5. Philadelphia pitcher Bubba Harris gives up 12 of the runs‚
before Bill McCahan takes over. Billy Goodman has 4 hits in the game, while
Dom DiMaggio and Ellis Kinder, the starting and winning pitcher for Boston, have 3 hits
apiece.

Dom DiMaggio homers off Satchel Paige and he and Bobby Doerr have 2 hits apiece, as
the Red Sox beat Cleveland‚ 3-0 for their 15th win in 16 games. Joe Dobson, winning his
13th game, pitches a 6-hit shutout. Boston has now won 12 in a row and are percentage
points ahead of the Athletics, who lose a doubleheader to the Tigers. Cleveland and New
York are each 1 1/2 games back.

August 24, 1948. Vern Stephens the hero as Red Sox move back into 1st place

Before 34,172 fans, and the Red Sox trailing Cleveland 8-7 in the 9th inning with 1 out‚
Vern Stephens smashes a 2-run home run (his 27th home run and 114th RBI) to give
Boston a 9-8 win and move them into first place. Dom DiMaggio and Bobby Doerr have 3
hits apiece, with DiMaggio just a single shy of hitting for the cycle.

September 10, 1948. Yanks beat Red Sox on DiMaggio's 10th inning grand slam, and move to within 2 1/2 games

The Red Sox, ahead by 3 1/2 games before play begins, lose 11-6 on Joe DiMaggio's 10th
inning grand slam. Tommy Henrich also homers, a 2-run blast, in the 1st inning.
Dom DiMaggio has 3 hits for Boston, as does Billy Hitchcock. Boston's lead is cut to 2 1/2
games over New York‚ with Cleveland 3 1/2 back of Boston after beating Detroit‚ 10-1.

October 3, 1948. The Red Sox beat Yankees to force playoff game with Indians

Losing 2-0 after 2 1/2 innings, the Red Sox score 5 runs in the 3rd and go on to win, 10-5.
Dom DiMaggio (who has 3 hits in the game) and Vern Stephens both homer for Boston.
Also for the Red Sox, Ted Williams has 2 doubles. Joe DiMaggio has 4 hits and 3 RBI's
for New York, including two doubles. The game is played on a Sunday, with 31,304 fans
attending.

October 4, 1948. The Indians/Red Sox playoff game to decide the AL pennant

With 33,957 in attendance at Fenway Park, The Red Sox and Indians meet in a one-game playoff for the AL pennant.
Although top of the rotation pitchers Ellis Kinder and Mel Parnell are both rested, manager
Joe McCarthy starts Denny Galehouse, who has an 8 and 7 record. He pays the price as
Cleveland wins, 8-3,behind rookie Gene Bearden, who wins his 20th game. With the score
tied 1-1, Ken Keltner hits the key blow for Cleveland, a 3-run home run in the 4th inning.
Galehouse lasts only 3 innings, as Kinder comes in on relief in the 4th inning. Galehouse
is charged with 4 runs in his official 3 innings pitched. Kinder, however, gives up 4
runs of his own (3 earned) over 6 innings. For Cleveland, player-manager Lou Boudreau
gets 4 hits‚ including a pair of homers, and Keltner has 3 hits, including his homer and
double. Also for the Indians, Larry Doby hits 2 doubles. No Red Sox player has more than
1 hit, including Ted Williams, who is 1 for 4. However, Bobby Doerr homers, Johnny Pesky
doubles, and Vern Stephens picks up his 137th RBI.

Before only 6,722 fans at Fenway Park, the 4th place Red Sox collect 25 hits against the
last place Browns, winning 21-2. Ellis Kinder pitches a complete game, winning his 7th of
the year. Ted Williams drives in 7 runs on 3 hits‚ including 2 home runs. Williams scores 4
times and adds a stolen base‚ his only one of the year (he only had 24 in his 19 year
career). Billy Goodman has 5 hits and also scores 4, while Dom DiMaggio has 4 hits. Both
Goodman and Dimaggio drive in 3 runs apiece. Amazingly, given the score, the Browns use only 3 pitchers. Ray Shore and Joe Ostrowski give up 11 and 7 runs respectively.

The Red Sox beat the Browns, 9-3, as Ellis Kinder goes the distance, striking out 14
batters. Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, and Vern Stephens all have 3 hits in the game,
including Doerr's 13th homer of the year. Doerr also drives in 4 in the game.

Ellis Kinder wins his 20th game for the Red Sox‚ giving up 6 hits and shutting out the
Tigers‚ 1-0‚ at Fenway for his 10th straight victory. Ted Williams hits his 38th homer of the
year for Boston. Both Kinder and Mel Parnell win 20 games this year for the Red Sox.
Boston is now in 2nd place, 3 games back of the Yankees.

The Red Sox crush the White Sox, 11-5, and remain in 2nd place, 2 1/2 games back of Yankees.
Ellis Kinder wins his 21st game of the year and Ted Williams has 3 hits, including 2 home
runs (his 39th and 40th) and 6 RBI's (153 for the year). Vern Stephens strokes his 39th
homer and drives in his 150th run of the year.

Before 34,515, Ellis Kinder (15-1 at Fenway Park) pitches a 6-hit shutout and
Ted Williams hits his 42nd homer to beat the Yankees 2-0. The Red Sox, winners of 8
straight, are now just 1 game back. Kinder has now won 13 straight games and is 4-0
against New York.

With 31‚822 fans watching at Fenway‚ Boston has a 5-run 4th inning to take a 9-0 lead
and drive New York's Allie Reynolds from the game. However, the Yanks explode for 4
runs in the 6th and 9 runs in the 8th. Billy Martin, who comes into the game in the bottom of
the 6th, becomes the first player in major league history to get 2 hits (double and a single) in
one inning (the 8th) in his first game. Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra have 3 hits each for
New York, who also has 2 triples from Tommy Henrich. Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr
have three hits apiece for Boston. DiMaggio's hits include a double and triple. To this
point, this is the largest lead the Red Sox have ever lost at Fenway Park. (see June 4,
1989 game below for an even bigger blown lead).

Boston wins, 19-0 and 6-5, before 34,697 fans. The Red Sox have 17 hits in the opener,
including 2 home runs by Ted Williams. Dom DiMaggio scores 5 runs and Johnny Pesky 4,
as Pesky, Williams, and Al Zarilla all have 3 hits. Joe Dobson goes all 9 innings. In the
nightcap, Zarilla has 2 RBI's, and Williams and Dimaggio each have 2 more hits.

After beating up on the Browns on June 24, 1949 (see above), the Red Sox do it again at
Fenway Park on 2 successive dates in 1950. On June 7th, they win, 20-4. Clyde Vollmer
and Vern Stephens each slam 2 home runs and drive in 5 runs, while Stephens and
Johnny Pesky total 4 hits each. On June 8th they compile one of the most lopsided scores
in major league history, 29-4. Bobby Doerr has 3 home runs and 8 RBI's. Walt Dropo (7
RBI's) and Ted Williams(5 RBI's) have 2 homers each. Al Zarilla has 4 of the Red Sox 9
doubles. The Red Sox have 28 hits and total 51 hits over the 2 days.

After overcoming a 7-0 deficit the day before, the Red Sox come back from 10-0 and 12-1 scores to beat
the Indians 15-14. They do it by scoring 8 runs in the 4th inning and 4 in the 8th.
Bob Lemon, the pitcher with the most win in the AL, at 20-7, starts for Cleveland and can't
get beyond the 4th inning, even with a 12-1 lead. He's charged with 9 runs in his 3 1/3
official innings. Amazingly, there is only one home run hit, by Al Zarilla, a solo shot in the
8th inning. Dom DiMaggio has 2 triples, a single, and 3 RBI's. Billy Goodman also has 3
hits and 3 RBI's. Walt Dropo also triples for Boston. Although all but one of the runs scored
in the game are earned, there are 7 errors - 4 by the Red Sox and 3 by the Indians.

The Red Sox celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first AL game in Boston. Present are 29
old-timers who played‚ managed‚ or umpired in the AL in that first year. In the game that
followed, between the White Sox and Red Sox,Ted Williams hits the 300th HR of his career
and doubles. Nellie Fox hits his first major league homer, a 2-run blast, in the 11th inning to
give Chicago a 9-7 victory. The Red Sox, however, win their next 13 games.

May 30, 1951. Red Sox sweep Yanks for their 9th and 10th wins in a row

The Red Sox and Yankees, face off in a doubleheader at
Fenway Park before 35,824. After Mickey Mantle fans 3 times in the opener and twice in
the nightcap, Cliff Mapes replaces him in right field. In the 8th inning of
the opener‚ with the Red Sox down by 2 runs, Ted Williams hits a 2-run homer to tie the
game. Williams, who has 4 hits in the game, also has 2 doubles. Neither team scores until
the 15th inning, when Boston's Vern Stephens homers (his 2nd of the game) to win it‚ 11-10.
Jackie Jensen, playing for the Yankees before becoming a star for the Red Sox, hits a 2-run
homer in the opener. Also for New York, Joe DiMaggio, in his last year, singles and triples,
and Jerry Coleman has 3 hits.

In the 2nd game, which the Red Sox win 9-4, Williams has 3 more hits, including a
double and a triple. Boston's Dom DiMaggio has 4 hits in the game, and his brother Joe
has 2 for New York, including his 5th home run of the year.

As a result of their doubleheader sweep, the Red Sox pull to within 3 game of the lead and just 1 game in back of the Yanks.

July 28,1951. Clyde Vollmer, in a torrid streak, powers Red Sox over Indians

Tied with the Indians, 1 game in back of the Yankees, the Red Sox dramatically beat
the Indians in extra innings. Clyde Vollmer is on a hitting rampage. He doubles in the 13th
inning, singles in the tying run in the 15th, and then in the 16th hits a grand slam home run
for an 8-4 Red Sox win. Mickey McDermott pitches all 16 innings for Boston‚ striking out
15 and walking one. Vollmer has 13 homers‚ including 2 grand slams‚ in 24 games since
July 4th. He ends out driving in 40 runs for the month of July.

April 30,1952. Sox fans celebrate Ted Williams Day as he goes off to Korea

24‚767 fans show up to celebrate Ted Williams Day at Fenway Park‚ Williams plays in his final game before going to Korea as a Marine fighter pilot. Playing in his first start since pulling a muscle on opening day, Williams hits a game-winning two-run homer in the 7th inning to give the Red Sox a 5-3 win over the Tigers.

Mickey McDermott of the Red Sox faces 27 batters, but gives up a hit against
the Senators‚ winning 1-0. Mel Hoderlein's 4th inning single is the only hit. Hoderlein is
thrown out on a double play ball hit by Jackie Jensen, a future Red Sox star, on the next
play . McDermott also walks one batter, Eddie Yost in the 1st inning, who is also doubled
up. Boston's
Fred Hatfield is 3 for 4, and drives in the only run of the game with a triple in the bottom of
the 6th inning.

June 17 and June 18, 1953. Red Sox wallop Tigers 17-1 and score 17 runs in one inning to win 23-3.

Dick Gernert has 2 home runs and 4 RBI's and Tom Umphlett has 4 hits in the June 17th game as the Red Sox have 20 hits to win, 17-1. In the June 18th game, Gene Stephens gets 3 hits in the same inning‚ as the Red Sox score a record 17
runs in the 7th inning in a 23-3 win over Detroit. The Red Sox send 23 men to the plate in
the inning‚ 20 runners in succession‚ before George Kell flies out to end it. Boston gets 14
hits, also a record, and 6 walks in the inning. Ellis Kinder who picks up the win‚ has two
singles and 2 RBI's in the inning‚ Amazingly, given the score, only Gernert, with 4
RBI's, homers for Boston. Boston has 2 doubles and 24 singles in the game. The Tigers
have 5 errors, although 22 of the 23 runs are earned. Only 5,750 (June 17th) and 3,108 (June 18th) fans show up to see the
each game.

Mel Parnell becomes only the 5th Red Sox pitcher to win 100 games. He does it in a 4 hit shutout over the Yankees, winning 4-0. All 4 hits by New York are singles, as Parnell strikes out 7 and walks 1. This is Parnell's 10th win of the year. He wins 21 games in 1953, while losing 8.

In game 1 against the A's‚ the Red Sox have 18 hits, and win‚ 20-10. Jim Piersall and
Milt Bolling have 4 hits each. Bolling has 2 home runs and Piersall has 2 triples. In game 2,
Piersall has another triple, giving him 3 for the day, and Harry Agganis, who died a tragic death in the following year, is 2 for 4 with 4 runs
batted in, as the Red Sox easily win, 9-0. Bill Henry pitches a complete game shutout,
getting his 3rd win.

In the first game of a doubleheader, White Sox pitcher Jack Harshman sets a team record
by striking out 16 in a 5-2 win over the Red Sox. He allows 5 hits, while walking 5.
Del Wilber has the only extra base hit for Boston, in the bottom of the 4th inning, driving in
Ted Williams and Jim Piersall, both of whom singled earlier. Chicago takes the 2nd game,
4-2.

Ted Williams, batting second in the lineup, is 3 for 4 and drives in 4 runs, as the Red
Sox complete a 3-game sweep of the Yankees. Williams, now hitting .348, doubles and
homers in the game, his 23rd of the season. Sammy White also doubles in the game.
Frank Sullivan wins his 11th game of the year. After the game, however, the Red Sox are
mired in 4th place, 34 games out. The Yanks, though 83 and 40, are in 2nd, 5 1/2 back of
the Cleveland Indians.who will win 111 games this year.

The Indians score 11 runs in the 5th to crush the Red Sox 19-0. Vic Wertz belts a grand
slam in that inning. It is the worst shutout ever over the Red Sox. Boston manages only 3
hits off Herb Score, who strikes out 9.

Boston's Norm Zauchin is 4 for 5, with 3 home runs and 10 RBI's, as the Red Sox defeat the Washington Senators, 16-0. Zauchin only had 1 home run for the season entering the game. Also for the Red Sox, Grady Hatton has a triple and a homer (his 1st of the year) in the game.

August 2, 1955. In close pennnant race, 1st place White Sox come to town

Just 3 games separate the White Sox, Yankees, Indians, and Red Sox. The 1st place
White Sox come to Fenway to meet the 3rd place Red Sox. 35,455 fans cram Fenway Park
to see the matchup between Chicago's Connie Johnson and Boston's lefthander,
Tom Brewer. Helped by Jim Rivera's 4th inning solo home run, Chicago takes a 2-0 lead
into the bottom of the 9th inning. With 2 outs, Jim Piersall singles and Faye Throneberry,
pinch hitting for Ellis Kinder, triples, scoring Piersall. However, Dixie Howell comes in to
relieve and gets Eddie Joost to fly out. The Red Sox fall to 4 games back. Ted Williams is
2 for 3 in the game, including a double, and lifts his average to .341.

Lefthander Mel Parnell pitches a no-hitter against the White Sox‚ winning 4-0. He strikes
out 4 and walks 2 in his effort. He makes the last out unassisted. This is Parnell's last year with the Red Sox. He has a record
of 123 and 75 with Boston, the only team he pitches for.

In the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the A's Ted Williams becomes the fifth
player ever to hit 400 home runs, following Mel Ott in 1941, Jimmie Foxx in 1938,
Lou Gehrig in 1936, and Babe Ruth in 1927. Williams' homer, in the bottom of the 6th
inning, is the only run of the game, as The Red Sox win the game 1-0.

Before 36,350 fans, the Red Sox beat the Yanks, 1-0, in the 11th inning. After 2 Yankee
errors and a walk to start the 11th, Ted Williams is walked, giving Boston the victory.
Willard Nixon goes all 11 innings and records his 6th win against 4 losses. Don Larsen
pitches into the 11th and is removed after the first 3 batters reach base. Boston's
Jackie Jensen goes 3 for 4 in the game. Earlier, Williams muffs a Mickey Mantle fly ball, for
which he receives a loud chorus of boos. After the Yanks are retired, Williams jogs back to
the dugout and spits towards the stands in retaliation. He is fined $5‚000.

The Red Sox hit 4 home runs in the 6th inning, then a record for most in an inning by an
AL team. They win, 11-0, over the Indians. The home runs are hit by Gene Mauch‚
Ted Williams‚ Dick Gernert‚ and Frank Malzone. Gernert has 4 RBI's, while Mauch has 3.
Tom Brewer pitches 9 complete innings, giving up 4 hits.

September 17, 1957. Ted Williams starts his streak of 16 consecutive times on base

Ted Williams‚ slugs an 8th inning pinch homer to start a streak of 16 consecutive times on base. The Sox win 9-8 over the A's. Most of the streak occurs on the road. Now 39 years old, Williams will hit .388 this year, leading the major leagues.

In the 1st game of a doubleheader with the Tigers, Detroit's Jim Bunning pitches a no-hitter
over the Red Sox, while striking out 12 and walking 2. The Red Sox win the nightcap, 5-2,
as Ike Delock runs his record to 10 and 0.

Although the Red Sox win, 2-0, and complete a 3-game sweep of the Senators,
Ted Williams in a fit of anger after taking a called 3rd strike in the 3rd inning‚ flings his bat into the stands, hitting
General Manager Joe Cronin's housekeeper‚ Gladys Heffernan‚ in the face. She is not
badly hurt‚ and Williams apologizes. He is later fined for the incident. Williams will win the
batting title, with a .328 average, edging out teammate Pete Runnels, who finishes with
.322.

In game 4, they win, 7-3, as Jackie Jensen goes 3 for 4 with 4 RBI's, including a 3-run home run
in the 1st inning. See Game .

In game 5, they win in a rout, 13-3. They score 9 runs in the 6th inning, including a
grand slam home run by Gene Stephens, who had come in the game as a pinch runner for
Williams. Jensen has another 3-run home run in the 1st inning. See Game

Even after the sweep, Boston is still in 7th place, 10 games in back of 1st place Cleveland and 2 1/2 games in back of 5th place New York. Chicago, who eventually wins the pennant, is in 2nd place, 1 game back of 1st.

In the first Fenway at-bat by a black player, and on the first at bat by a Boston player in
the game, Pumpsie Green triples and scores on a groundout. Green is 1 for 3 in his debut,
the opener of a doubleheader against Kansas City. The Red Sox win, 4-1. In the nightcap,
batting 3rd, Green is also 1 for 3, along with 2 walks. The Red Sox lose this one, 8-6. Earl Wilson, the first black pitcher for the Red Sox also makes his debut this year. The Red Sox are the last team in the major leagues to integrate.

In the 1st game of a doubleheader with the Orioles, Ted Williams draws the 2‚000th walk of
his career. He's in rare company as only Babe Ruth has collected that many base on balls
(Barry Bonds later passes both). Wiliiams also goes 3 for 4, including 2 home runs,
numbers 514 and 515, and 6 RBI's, in an 8-6 Boston win. Baltimore wins the nitecap‚ 6-0.

Bill Monbouquette allows just one hit in beating the visiting Tigers‚ 5-0. Neil Chrisley, the
second batter in the game, doubles, and only two other batters reach base for Detroit,
both on walks. In 1962, Monbouquette will pitch a no-hitter against the White Sox at White Sox Park.

In the opening game of a doubleheader against the Tigers, Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7‚ as
the Red Sox win, 5-4, on his 15th-inning double that scores Frank Malzone. Runnels
has 3 more hits in the nightcap that the Bosox win, 3-2 in 10 innings. Going 9-for-11 in the
doubleheader‚ Runnels ties the record.

In the last at bat of his career, Ted Williams hits his 521st home run, putting him 3rd, at
the time, on the all-time list. He trots around the bases and proceeds directly to the
dugout without acknowledging the cheering crowd. The Red Sox rally for 2 runs in the 9th‚
featuring a double by Vic Wertz‚ to give Boston a 5-4 victory.

In the opener of a doubleheader against the Senators, and down 12-5 with 2 outs in the
last of the 9th inning, the Red Sox score 8 runs to win. Washington's Willie Tasby hits a
grand slam in a 5-run Washington 9th, after which Boston's Jim Pagliaroni hits the 2nd
grand slam of the inning, tying the game. Russ Nixon, pinch-hitting, singles in the
winning run. Pagliaroni hits the
game winning homer in the 10th inning of the second game, giving the Red Sox a 6-5
victory.

Red Sox score 12 runs in 5th inning to beat White Sox without the benefit of a home run.
They have 6 singles, 2 doubles, and 5 walks. Eddie Bressoud, Russ Nixon and
Carl Yastrzemski have 2 hits each in the inning. They go on to win, 13-6.

Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew ties an AL record with 4 home runs in a doubleheader. Killebrew
has 3 homers in the opener, won by the Twins, 13-4. There are 8 home runs hit by both
teams in that game. In the nightcap, won by Boston, 11-2, Roman Mejias has 2 home runs
for the Red Sox.

May 26, 1964. Washington's Jim King hits for cycle, but Red Sox win anyway on Eddie Bressoud walk-off single

Washington's Jim King hits for the cycle, but the Red Sox win, 3-2, as Earl Wilson pitches a complete 9 innings, giving up 2 runs on 8 hits. Eddie Bressoud lines a walk-off single to score Wilson with the winning run.

In the 2nd game of a doubleheader‚ Cleveland (5) and Boston (4) combine for 9
double plays‚ tying an AL record. Cleveland wins the game, 10-7‚ after winning the
opener, 9-4. Cleveland's Fred Whitfield has 7 hits and 6 RBI's in the doubleheader. In game
2‚ Tony Conigliaro has 2 home runs for Boston.

Although the Tigers score 4 runs in the 10th inning to win 12-8, Carl Yastrzemski is 5
for 5, hitting for the cycle, including 2 home runs and 5 RBI's. He also walks in the game,
reaching base 6 times. For the 2nd game in a row (he did it against Washington the day
before), Willie Horton clouts 2 HRs and drives in 5 runs for Detroit.

Dave Morehead throws a no-hitter, beating Cleveland 2-0. There are only 1,247 fans at
the game. The runs are scored on a Dalton Jones triple and a Lee Thomas home run.
Morehead strikes out 8 and walks 1.

In the 1st game of a doubleheader between the Angels and Red Sox, the teams
combine for 9 double plays‚ setting an AL record‚ and tying the major league mark.
California has 6 of the double plays. The record has since been broken at 10. California
wins‚ 6-1‚ then loses the nightcap‚ 9-1. Carl Yastrzemski is 6 for 8 combined for the day.

June 4, 1966. Jim Gosger's 3-run home run wins it for Red Sox over Yankees in
16th inning

Neither team has scored from the 8th through the top of the 16th inning. With the
game tied at 3-3, Jim Gosger (3 for 8 in the game) hits a game ending 3-run homer in the
bottom of the 16th to give the Red Sox the win.

The Tigers have 26 hits and the Red Sox 24 . Each team has 6 homers. The Red Sox have 9 doubles‚ plus a triple‚ while the Tigers add 6 doubles of their own. For Boston, Rico Petrocelli and Carl Yastrzemski have 2 home runs each, while Willie Horton has 2 for Detroit.

In the bottom of the 4th inning, Boston's Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels'
Jack Hamilton. Conigliaro will miss the rest of 1967 and all of 1968. A local kid, Tony C
had become a young star for the Red Sox. The Red Sox win, 3-2.

August 20, 1967. Reggie Smith, Yaz hit 2 home runs as Red Sox complete 4 game
series sweep of Angels

Boston's Reggie Smith hits 3 home runs, 2 in the opening game of the doubleheader
with the Angels, and Carl Yastrzemski adds 2 3-run homers‚ one in each game. The Sox win the
nightcap‚ 9-8 after trailing 8-0. Despite the loss of Tony C 2 nights ago‚ the Red Sox
sweep the 4-game series with the Angels, leaving 4 teams (Twins, Red Sox, Tigers, and
White Sox) within 2 games of each other. The Angels leave Boston 6 1/2 games out.

September 30, 1967. Red Sox beat Twins on Yaz 3-run HR to tie for lead on next
to last day of season

In the next to last day of the season, the Red Sox beat the Twins, 6-4, to tie Minnesota
for first place. Carl Yastrzemski slams a 3-run home run in the 7th. It is his 44th of the
year, and puts him 1 ahead of Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead. However,
Killebrew hits his 44th home run, a 2 run shot in the 9th. Yaz is 3 for 4 in the game,
including 4 RBI's, putting him at .322 with 119 RBI's. He leads the league in the latter two
categories, and is tied for home runs, putting Yaz in position to win the Triple Crown.

It's a dramatic and historic day in Boston as the Red Sox clinch the AL pennant with a
5-3 win over Minnesota. Carl Yastrzemski is 4 for 4 and wins the Triple Crown with a
.326 average, 44 home runs, and 121 RBI's. He has 10 hits in his last 13 at bats.
Jim Lonborg, pitching all 9 innings, wins his 22nd game of the year. The Red Sox will
play the Cardinals in the World Series.

Cardinals LF Lou Brock is 4 for 4‚ as well as a walk, and 2 stolen bases‚ as the Cardinals
beat Boston, 2-1. Bob Gibson pitches all 9 innings, and has 10
strikeouts. Jose Santiago starts for Boston and lasts 7 innings, giving up the 2 St. Louis runs. His home run accounts for Boston's only score.

Jim Lonborg pitches 1-hit baseball and Carl Yastrzemski is 3 for 4, with 2 home runs and 4 RBI's, as Boston wins 5-0 to even the Series. Julian Javier gets the only hit, a 2-out double in the 8th inning, for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals win the World Series on the back of
Bob Gibson, who throws a 3-hitter‚ including 10 strikeouts, over a complete 9 innings. He also hits a 5th inning home run. Julian Javier has a 3-run homer in the 6th inning.
Lou Brock has 2 hits and steals 3 bases. He has 7 steals in the Series, a World Series record which he duplicates next year against the Tigers. Jim Lonborg, going on 3 days rest after pitching a 3-hit victory to win game 5, runs out of gas and gives up all 6 St. Louis runs.

Despite going 0 for 5 in this game against the Yankees, who win, 4-3, Carl Yastrzemski wins his
2nd straight batting title with the lowest winning average ever. Yaz is the AL's only .300
hitter. Ray Culp had gone 39 straight scoreless innings until the Yankees score a single
run in the 1st inning. Subsequent to New York's run, Culp pitches 6 straight scoreless
innings until yielding 3 runs in the 8th inning. After their magical "Impossible Dream"
1967 season, the Red sox finish a disappointing 4th, 17 games behind the Tigers who
win the pennant.

Luis Tiant allows 10 of Boston 11 extra base hits as the Red Sox beat the Indians, 10-
7. Boston has 5 home runs, of which Ken Harrelson has 2. They also have 6 collect 6
doubles, of which Reggie Smith has 2. Ray Culp goes 8 2/3 innings for the Red Sox and
gets the win. Harrelson is traded the next day to Cleveland.

Reggie Jackson is a one man wrecking crew, as he goes 5 for 6, hits 2 home runs,
and drives in 10 runs. The Oakland A's get 25 hits, as they demolish the Red Sox, 21-7.
Carl Yastrzemski hits 2 home runs of his own for Boston. Blue Moon Odom picks up his
8th win of the year.

September 1, 1970. Grand slam by Tony C and 8-1 lead not enough as Detroit
wins

The Red Sox take the lead early on 2 home runs, a Mike Andrews solo shot, and a grand
slam by Tony Conigliaro. However, the Tigers have 4 homers of their own‚ including a
grand slam by Jim Price‚ to win, 10-9 .

Tommy Harper, Rico Petrocelli, and Sonny Siebert all homer to defeat the Yankees 10-4, and move into
1st place by 1/2 game in the AL East over the Tigers. Siebert goes all 9 innings, winning his 12th game of the
year.

The Tigers beat the Red Sox 10-3 to pull into a virtual tie with Boston for 1st place. Joe Coleman wins his
18th game of the year, striking out 10, and drives in 3 of the Detroit runs. The Tigers will eventually win the AL East.

April 6, 1973. Big opening day win over Yankees, as DH used for first time

Red Sox clobber Yanks 15-5, as Carlton Fisk hits 2 homers, one a grand slam. It is also
the first game for designated hitters in major league history. Orlando Cepeda is DH for
the Red Sox, and goes 0 for 6. Ron Blomberg, the DH for the Yankees goes 1 for 3.
Doug Griffin has 4 hits for Boston. The Red Sox have 20 hits overall.

The score is tied 2-2 in the top of the 9th inning. Thurman Munson‚ attempting to score
from 3rd on a missed bunt by Gene Michael‚ crashes into Carlton Fisk, and a fight breaks
out. Both players are ejected. Bob Montgomery replaces Fisk and singles in the bottom
of the 9th, eventually scoring the winning run, as Boston wins 3-2.

August 23, 1974. Luis Tiant wins 20th as AL East 1st place Red Sox face AL
West 1st place Athletics

35‚866 fans watch Luis Tiant win his 20th game of the year for the Red Sox, giving up 6
hits and striking out 6. Carl Yastrzemski is 3 for 4 in the 3-0 Red Sox win. Boston has now won 5 in
a row, and lead the AL East by 7 games. The Athletics lead the AL West by 4 games. The Red Sox, however, will
go 14 and 24 the rest of the way, to land up in 3rd place.

September 16, 1975. Luis Tiant prevails over Jim Palmer as Red Sox increase
lead over Baltimore

Luis Tiant pitches a 2-0 shutout, giving up 5 hits, all singles, as he outduels
Jim Palmer of the 2nd place Orioles. After the game, the Orioles are 5 1/2 game behind
the 1st place Red Sox. Both pitchers strike out 8 and walk 1.

Luis Tiant throws a 3-hitter, as the Red Sox, by a 7-1 score, win the opening game of the ALCS
against the Oakland Athletics. Only 2 of the Boston 7 runs are earned as Oakland has 4
errors. The lone Oakland run is also unearned as the Red Sox have 3 errors of their own.
The Red Sox go on to sweep the series.

October 11, 1975. Luis Tiant pitches 5-hit shutout in opening game of World
Series against Reds

Luis Tiant pitches a 5-hit shutout as the Red Sox defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-0.
Boston scores all their runs in the 7th inning on 5 singles and a walk. Rico Petrocelli is 2
for 3 for the Red Sox, including a double, and 2 RBI's. Also for Boston, Rick Burleson is
3 for 3. Petrocelli's double is the only extra base hit for the Bosox.

Down by 1 run, the Reds score 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning to take the 2nd game
of the World Series, 3-2. The 2 runs are scored on a single by Dave Concepcion, driving in
Johnny Bench who doubled earlier, and a double by Ken Griffey, scoring Concepcion. The
teams move to Cincinnati, where the Reds will win 2 of the 3 games played there, giving
them a 3-2 series lead.

October 21, 1975. Carlton Fisk's walk-off home run in 12th evens series at 3
apiece.

In one of the most dramatic games of all time, Carlton Fisk homers, in the 12th inning of the 6th game of the World Series,
to give the Red Sox a 7-6 win. Fred Lynn hits a 3-run home run in the 1st inning and,
with Boston down by 3 runs in the 8th, Bernie Carbo does the same to create a 6-6 tie. It
looks as if the Red Sox would win it earlier, in the 9th inning, when they load the bases
with noone out, but don't score. The Reds use 8 pitchers and the Red Sox 4.

Once again, the Red Sox lose in the 7th game of the World Series The score is 4-3, as all 3 Boston runs are scored
in the 3rd inning, when they take a 3-0 lead. However, Bill Lee, the Boston starter, gives
up 2 runs in the 6th on a Tony Perez home run. Cincinnati scores another run in the
7th, on a Pete Rose single, and another in the 9th on a Joe Morgan single.

June 28, 1976. Butch Hobson doubles and hits inside-the-park home run in his
Fenway debut

Butch Hobson, in his first game at Fenway Park doubles and hits an inside-the-park
home run, as the Red Sox beat the Orioles, 12-8‚ Cecil Cooper has 3 of the 16 Boston
hits. Also for the Red Sox, Fred Lynn doubles and triples. Bobby Grich has 3 hits for the
Orioles, including a double and home run.

August 22, 1976. Carl Yastrzemski has 4 hits, but Bert Campaneris has 5, to lead
A's over Red Sox

The Red Sox and Athletics each collect 15 hits, as Bert Campaneris has 5 for
Oakland and Carl Yastrzemski has 4 for Boston. The A's win, 7-6, in 11 innings. After
getting to the World Series in 1975, they are now in 5th place, 15 1/2 games behind the
AL East 1st place Yankees. The Athletics are in 2nd place, 9 1/2 games back of the AL
West leading Kansas City Royals.

Boston and Cleveland set a new major league record for runs in an inning with 19 runs, 13 by the Indians,
in the 8th inning. Cleveland wins‚ 19-9. Amazingly there is only 1 homer in the game
(not in the 8th inning), by Cleveland's Jim Norris, who is 4 for 5 in the game. In fact, the
Red Sox have only 1 extra base hit, a Denny Doyle double. In the 8th inning, there are 8
singles, 5 doubles, 1 triple, and 6 walks combined for both teams.

May 22, 1977. Red Sox and Brewers combine for 11 home runs in game 1 of
doubleheader.

In game 1 of a doubleheader, the Red Sox hit 6 home runs and the Brewers 5, as the
Red Sox win, 14-10. George Scott hits a grand slam home run in a 7 run 8th inning for
Boston. Fred Lynn hits 2 home runs for the Red Sox, while Don Money hits 2 for
Milwaukee.

June 17,18,19 1977. Red Sox hit 16 home runs against Yankees to climb into 1st
place

On June 17, Carlton Fisk has 2 home runs, and Fred Lynn , Rick Burleson,
George Scott, and Carl Yastrzemski also homer as the Red Sox move into 1st place in
the AL East with an 9-4 win over the Yankees. On June 18, the Red Sox continue their
home run explosion against New York with 5 more home runs. Both Yastrzemski and
Bernie Carbo hit 2 each, and Scott has 1. Yaz is 4 for 5 in the game with 5 RBI's, as the
Red Sox win, 10-4. Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin feud in the dugout over Martin lifting
Jackson from the ballgame, despite his being 2 for 3 in the game. On June 19, the Red
Sox complete the 3-game sweep of New York and hit 5 more homers, by Scott, Jim Rice,
Denny Doyle, Carbo, and Yastrzemski. They win 11-1, and combine for 16 homers
in the three victories. The Yankees have no home runs in the 3 games. New York leaves
the Hub 2 1/2 games back of first place Boston in the AL East.

The Red Sox end their 9 game losing streak by hitting 8 home runs‚ 4 in the 8th
inning, and beat Toronto 9-6. Fred Lynn and George Scott each have 2‚ while Jim Rice‚
Butch Hobson, Bernie Carbo, and Carl Yastrzemski‚ have 1 apiece. After today's victory,
despite their losing streak, the Red Sox are still in 2nd place, only 1 game back of New
York. Despite losing, the Jays still outhit the Red Sox, 14 to 11.

Bernie Carbo hits a dramatic 2-run home run in the 8th inning to knot the game at 10-
10, and Carl Yastrzemski later singles in the inning, driving Rick Burleson in with
Boston's 11th run, as they defeat the Angels, 11-10. Bpston has now won 11 in a row.
The teams combine for 30 hits, 16 by California. For the Red Sox, Fred Lynn doubles
and triples in the game, and Carlton Fisk doubles twice. George Scott and Jim Rice also
triple for Boston. The Red Sox are now 2 1/2 games in front of Baltimore and 5 in front of
New York in the AL East.

Jim Rice slams 3 home runs, but Boston loses to the Oakland Athletics, 8-7. Rice,
also singling, has 4 hits and 4 RBI's in the game. Mitchell Page, driving in 4 runs, homers
twice for Oakland. Boston is now 3 games in back of streaking New York. The Orioles
are 1 game back of the Red Sox. The Yankees will end out winning the AL East by 2
games over both Boston and Baltimore, who finish with identical 97-64 records.

The Red Sox score 3 runs in the last of the 9th to win, 10-9, over the Mariners. The
Mariners and Red Sox each have 8 extra base hits. For Seattle, Bill Stein has 3 doubles
(4 hits total)and Ruppert Jones has 2. Dwight Evans and Butch Hobson have 2 doubles
each for Boston, including a walk-off double for Hobson scoring the 2 winning runs. Also for Boston, Fred Lynn has 5 hits and Jack Brohamer 4. In relief,
Bob Stanley wins his 12th game of the year.

The Yankees arrive to begin a 4 game series and 4 games back of the Red Sox in the
AL East.
Game 1 ends in a 15-3 win for New York, as Willie Randolph drives in 5 of the runs. The
Yankees have 21 hits in the game. In game 2, New York has 17 more hits and beats
Boston, 13-2. Lou Piniella adds a double‚ triple and home run. Reggie Jackson also hits
a 3-run homer. The Red Sox also have 7 errors, allowing 7 unearned runs. In game 3,
Ron Guidry wins his 21st game, giving up only 2 hits, both singles in the 1st inning. The
Yankees win 7-0 on 11 hits. In game 4, the Yankees get 18 more hits, all singles, and
sweep the 4 games with a 7-4 win. For the series, the Yankees outhit the Red Sox 67-21‚ and outscore
them 42-9‚ and are now tied for the lead with Boston, after being 14 1/2 games out in July.

The Yankees and Red Sox‚ tied for first at the end of the regular season‚ play a dramatic
one-game playoff at Fenway Park for the AL East title. New York, behind the Red Sox by
14 games on July 19th, take a 3 1/2 game lead on September 16th, but after the Red Sox
win 12 of their next 14 games, the two teams end out in a tie for first.

In this game, with the Red Sox ahead 2-0 in the 7th, Bucky Dent powers a 3-run home run off
Mike Torrez. The Yankees add another run in the inning to take a 4-2 lead. After
Reggie Jackson homers in the top of the 8th, Boston adds 2 runs in the bottom of the
inning on run-scoring singles by Carl Yastrzemski and Fred Lynn. Behind a run in the
9th, Carl Yastrzemski comes to bat to face Rich Gossage with runners on 1st and 3rd and
2 outs, and proceeds to pop out. Ron Guidry wins his 25th game of the year, against only
3 losses.

Jerry Remy goes 5 for 5 for the Red Sox, as they defeat the Oakland Athletics 8-2.
The Red Sox have 4 doubles, 1 by Remy, and 2 home runs. Mike Torrez goes the full 9
innings for Boston, giving up 5 hits and winning his 4th game of the year.

Carl Yastrzemski hits the 3000th hit of his career, in the 8th inning off New York
Yankee pitcher Jim Beattie. Yaz becomes the first American League player to have both
3000 hits and 400 home runs. The Red Sox win, 9-2.

The Red Sox hit 6 home runs, 2 by Dave Stapleton, but lose, 19-8, to the Milwaukee
Brewers. The Brewers have 2 home runs of their own, but also compile 8 doubles, as
Paul Molitor is 4 for 6, with 4 RBI's, in the game. Milwaukee scores 8 runs in the 3rd
inning and 6 runs in the 7th, as they collect 22 hits.

Freddie Patek has 4 hits, 3 home runs and a double, and Bobby Grich also collects 4
hits, including 2 doubles, as the California Angels, with 26 hits in tptal, rout the Red Sox,
20-2. California has 6 home runs in the game.

Dave Stapleton slams a bases empty home run in the bottom of the 10th to give the
Red Sox a 1-0 win. The starters for both teams, Roger Erickson of the Twins, and
Mike Torrez of the Red Sox, go the distance. Although Torrez wins his 5th game, he has
10 losses for the year.

In the 1st game of a doubleheader, the Red Sox have 22 hits, but lose to the Blue
Jays, 7-6 in 17 innings. The Jays have 17 hits of their own. The Red Sox are winning, 5-
0, going into the 8th inning, but the Jays score 4 runs in the 8th, and 2 in the 9th after the
Red Sox get a run in the bottom of the 8th. Bob Stanley goes 9 1/3 inning in relief, giving
up the 2 runs in the 9th on a Lloyd Moseby 2-run homer, and the winning run in the 17th,
driven in by a Garth Iorg single.

Carl Yastrzemski plays in his 3‚000th major league game. He is 1 for 3, has 2 RBI's, and scores the winning
run in the 9th inning, as the Red sox defeat the Cleveland Indians, 8-7. To this point, only Ty Cobb, Stan Musial,
and Hank Aaron have reached this milestone.

September 3, 1981. Mariners and Red Sox in 20 inning game, the longest in Fenway Park history

This game was suspended after 19 innings and concluded the next day. The Mariners win, 8-7, in the top of the
20th inning on a triple by Joe Simpson, driving in Dave Henderson, who had singled. 3 players in the game have
10 at-bats. Boston's Jerry Remy is one of them, as he collects 6 hits. There are 47 hits in the game, 24 by the
Mariners.

June 22, 1982. Wade Boggs wins game in 11th inning with his 1st ML home run.

The Red Sox defeat the Tiger, 5-4, in the 11th inning, on Wade Boggs' solo home run. It is his 1st home run as
a major leaguer. He will go on to star for the Red Sox, hitting .349 for the year. Dwight Evans hits a 2-run homer in
the 9th inning that ties the game and forces it into extra innings.

In his final game as a major leaguer, Carl Yastrzemski, who will be elected to the Hall
of Fame, goes 1-for-3, with a walk, as the Red Sox beat Cleveland 3-1. Jerry Remy
collects 3 hits and Jim Rice drives in all 3 runs with his 39th homer of the year. Al Nipper
goes the distance, getting his 1st win of the year, against 1 loss. Yaz played 23 years in
the majors, all for the Red Sox. He made the All-Star game 18 times, and won 7 Gold
Gloves. He was the first American League player to accumulate more than 3000 hits and
400 home runs. He is also the last player to win the triple crown, which he did in 1967.

June 28, 1984. Dwight Evans has walk-off 3-run homer in the 11th inning, as he
hits for cycle

The Red Sox defeat the Seattle Mariners, 9-6, as Dwight Evans hits for the cycle,
including a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning. Jim Rice also has 4 hits for
Boston. Each team scores 2 runs in the 10th inning before Evans' blast in the 11th.

August 7,1984. Bill Buckner and Tony Armas each hit grand slam home runs.

In the opener of a doubleheader, Bill Buckner and Tony Armas each hit grand slams,
as the Red Sox win over the Tigers, 12-7. Buckner hits his in the 1st inning, while Armas
slugs his in the 2nd. Both have 5 RBI's in the game. Jack Morris, 14 and 7 before the
game, gives up both home runs. It's Armas' 31st home run and 84th RBI. At the end of
the season, he will lead the league with 43 home runs and 123 RBI's. Bruce Hurst wins
his 11th game of the year.

In his inaugural season, Roger Clemens strikes out 15 Kansas City Royals, while
walking none. Boston crushes Kansas City 11-1. The Royals get their run in the 1st
inning on Dane Iorg and Jorge Orta doubles. The Royals get 7 hits in all. Tony Armas (2
on) and Jim Rice (1 on) each homer.

After the Orioles and Red Sox hit a combined 5 home runs in the 8th inning of the
opener of a doubleheader, Wade Boggs goes 4 for 4 and passes 200 hits in the nightcap.
The Orioles win the first, 7-5, while the Red Sox win the second, 5-3. By the end of the
season, Boggs will lead the league in hits (.240), average (.368), and OBP (.450.).

Both Rich Gedman and Wade Boggs have 4 hits, with Gedman hitting for the cycle
and driving in 7 runs. The Red Sox beat the Blue Jays, 13-1, collecting 18 hits in the
process. Al Nipper wins his 9th game of the year.

Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters, setting a new major league record. He gives
up 0 walks and 3 hits, as Boston beats Seattle, 3-1. The 1 run Clemens allows is on a
home run by Gorman Thomas, Seattle's DH. Dwight Evans drives in all of Boston's runs
with a 3-run blast in the 7th inning. The next day, facing 3 Boston pitchers, the Mariners strike out 16 times.

The Red Sox score 4 runs in the 12th and win, 8-7, after
the Angels score 3 in the top of the inning. Jim Rice's 2-run home run ( he also triples
earlier) starts the scoring in the 12th for Boston, with the winning run coming on a balk
called on Todd Fischer. Also for Boston, Rich Gedman has 3 hits. The game is marred by Oil Can Boyd leaving the team because he's left off All Star team. He's later suspended for his actions.

The Red Sox score 5 runs in the 2nd and 4 in the 4th, as they win, 12-3, over the 2nd
place Blue Jays. The Blue Jays, now 9 games out, are eliminated, giving the Red Sox
the AL East. Oil Can Boyd wins his 16th game of the year, pitching a complete 9 innings,
giving up 3 runs on 8 hits, while striking out 9. Boston's Marty Barrett is 3 for 4 in the
game, with 4 RBI's.

After coming back from a 3-1 deficit in games with a clutch win in California, the Red
Sox sweep the 2 remaining games at home. They win the 6th game of the ALCs, 10-4, to
tie the series at 3 games apiece. For Boston, Marty Barrett has 3 hits again, although
Spike Owen has 4. including a triple. Oil Can Boyd gets the win, giving up 3 runs on 9
hits over 7 innings. The Red Sox win easily in game 7, 8-1, behind Roger Clemens'
pitching (7 innings, 1 run, 4 hits) and Jim Rice's 3-run home run.

After losing the 1st 2 games at home against the Red Sox, the Mets win game 3, 7-1.
New York's Bob Ojeda goes 7 full innings, giving up 1 run on 5 hits. Roger McDowell
pitches 2 hitless and scoreless innings in relief. Lenny Dykstra has 4 hits to lead a 13 hit
New York attack. Gary Carter drives in 3 of the Met runs.

Ron Darling pitches 7 innings of shutout ball for the Mets, as they even the series with
a 6-2 victory. Gary Carter has 3 hits - 2 home runs and a double. Like yesterday, he has
3 RBI's. Rich Gedman has 3 hits for the Red Sox.

The Red Sox win the 5th game to take a 3-2 series lead. Bruce Hurst pitches a complete
9 innings, giving up 2 runs on 10 hits, to win his 3rd game of the postseason, 4-2. The Mets
will win this World Series, at home, by taking both games 6 and 7 in dramatic fashion.

September 22, 1987. Wade Boggs collects 200 hits for 5th year in a row

In an 8-5 loss to the Tigers, Wade Boggs has a double (his 40th) and a home run (his 24th), as he reaches 200 hits for the 5th consecutive year. He will lead the league with a .363 average and .461
OBP, the 4th year he has led in both categories. He will collect over 200 hits each of the next 2 years, setting a new Major League record.

Roger Clemens gives up only 2 hits, walking none, and striking out 12, while winning
his 20th game of the year, against 9 losses. The Red Sox win, 4-0, as Ed Romero is 3 for
4 and Mike Greenwell, with a triple, drives in his 123rd run of the year.

The Red Sox and Mariners combine for 9 home runs, 5 by Seattle. Mike Greenwell
hits 2 for Boston, as he drives in 4 runs. Both Greenwell and Sam Horn have 3-run
homers. Wade Boggs is 3 for 4 in the game, as the Red Sox defeat the Mariners, 14 to 8.

In the 1st game of a doubleheader, Roger Clemens strikes out 16 Royals, as the Red
Sox win their 1st game under newly installed manager Joe Morgan. Clemens issues
only 1 walk and gives up 5 hits in a Red Sox 3-1 victory. The Red Sox also win the 2nd
game, 7-4. The Red Sox were 43 and 42 under deposed manager John McNamara, 9
games out of 1st place. Under Morgan, Boston will go 46 and 31 and win the AL East.

Dwight Evans is 4 for 5, collecting 7 RBIs and the Red Sox get 19 hits, as they
rout the Tigers‚ 16-4. Boston wins its 24th consecutive game at home. Evans homers
twice and triples in the game. Mike Greenwell also has 4 hits in the game, including a
double and home run. The Red Sox have 6 doubles, of which Rich Gedman has 2. The
Red Sox are now in 2nd place, just 2 1/2 games in back of the Tigers.

Boston's Mike Greenwell hits for the cycle, as the Red Sox beat the Orioles 4-3. The
Red Sox are now in 1st place, 4 1/2 games ahead of the Yankees. Greenwell is now
hitting .339 for the year, but still trails teammate Wade Boggs, who's hitting at .359.
Boggs, in fact, will collect at least 200 hits again for his 6th straight season.
Boggs will win the batting title and lead in OBP, for the 4th straight year, at .366 and .476
respectively.

Bruce Hurst, in game 1, and Roger Clemens, in game 2, cannot stop the A's, who win
both games at Fenway Park and later sweep the series in Oakland. Boston loses game 1 by a
score of 2-1. The Red Sox manage only 6 hits off a trio of Oakland pitchers.
Dave Stewart is the starter for the Athletics, giving up 1 run on 5 hits over 6 1/3 innings.
Rick Honeycutt, who gets the win, and Dennis Eckersley, who gets the save, pitch a
combined 2 2/3 shutout innings. Hurst goes the distance, giving up 2
runs and 6 hits.

In game 2, Jose Canseco's 2-run blast in the 7th sparks a 3-run inning for
Oakland, who also scores 1 in the 9th. The A's win, 4-3. The Red Sox manage only 4 hits off 4 Oakland
pitchers, led by Storm Davis, who starts and lasts 6 1/3 innings, giving up 2 runs on 2 hits.
Gene Nelson gets the win and Eckersley picks up his 2nd save of the series. For Boston,
Roger Clemens gives up 3 runs on 6 hits over 7 innings, but Lee Smith suffers the loss.

June 4, 1989. Trailing by 10-0 after 4 innings, Toronto rallies to win

The Blue Jays score 2 in the 7th, 4 in the 8th, 5 in the 9th and 2 in the 12th to erase a
10-0 Boston lead, and win, 13-11. Toronto only has 5 extra base hits in the game, but are
helped by an Ernie Whitt grand slam in the 9th inning. Boston only has 2 extra base hits,
including an Ellis Burks 3 run homer in the 1st. Junior Felix's 2-run homer in the 12th
wins it for the Blue Jays.

September 25, 1989. Wade Boggs goes 4 for 5 and passes 200 hits for the 7th
straight season

Wade Boggs is 4 for 5 and achieves his 7th straight season of at least 200 hits, continuing his record run.
Dwight Evans also has 4 hits in the game, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 7-4.
Roger Clemens wins his 17th game of the year, going 6 innings and giving up 4 runs on
11 hits.

Milwaukee collects 9 doubles and a triple, but no home runs, as they clobber Boston,
18-0. Dave Parker, the DH for the Brewers, is 4 for 4, including 3 doubles. Greg Brock also
has 4 hits, and has 2 doubles of his own. The Red Sox have only 3 hits, all singles.

Tom Brunansky goes 5 for 5, including 2 home runs, as the Red Sox, with a 20-hit
attack, defeat the Twins, 13-1. Brunansky has 7 RBI's in the game. Roger Clemens
picks up his 6th victory of the year, going 7 innings and giving up 1 run on 5 hits.

June 7, 1990. Greg Harris and Jeff Reardon combine for 1-hitter against Yankees

Jesse Barfield's single in the 5th inning off Greg Harris is the only hit for the Yankees,
as Harris and Jeff Reardon combine for a 1-hit shutout. The Red Sox win, 3-0. Harris
picks up his 5th win, and Reardon his 7th save of the year.

The Twins set a new record by pulling off 2 triples plays, in the 4th and 8th innings.
However, the Red Sox win, 1-0, as Tom Bolton collects his 3rd win of the year against 0
losses, giving up 0 runs on 5 hits over 8 innings. Jeff Reardon picks up his 16th save of
the year with a scoreless 9th. The Red Sox run is unearned.

The Red Sox beat the White Sox, 3-1, and win the AL East. All 3 runs are scored in
the 2nd inning. Mike Boddicker wins his 17th game of the year, against 8 losses, as he
gives up 1 run on 5 hits over 7 innings pitched. Jeff Reardon collects his 21st save.

October 6 and 7, 1990. For the 2nd time in 3 years, Red Sox are swept from
ALCS by Oakland

Roger Clemens is up, 1-0, in the first game after 6 innings, but the Red Sox lose, 9-1, at
home after Oakland scores 1 run in each of the 7th and 8th innings, and 7 runs in the 9th.
Dave Stewart gets the win, giving up 1 run on 4 hits over 8 innings. Clemens leaves the
game after 6 innings, and 5 Boston pitchers combine to give up the 9 Oakland runs.

In game 2, the Red Sox, once again, can't solve Oakland pitching, and manage only
1 run in an Oakland 4-1 win. Bob Welch gets the win, giving up 1 run on 6 hits in 7 1/3
innings. Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley, who gets the save, combine for 1 2/3
shutout innings. Harold Baines drives in 3 of the 4 Oakland runs.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Carlos Quintana hits a grand slam and a 2-run
double, as the Red Sox send 14 batters to the plate and score 10 runs. The 6 RBI's in
one inning ties a major league record. The Red Sox win, 11-6, over the Texas Rangers

In his last season as a Red Sox, Wade Boggs reaches 2,000 hits in a 3-1 loss to the
Angels. Boggs goes 1 for 3, a single in the bottom of the 8th inning. Boggs hit at
least .300 in 10 straight seasons (1982-1991) for Boston, winning the batting title 5 times.
He also had over 200 hits (1983-1989) and over 40 doubles (1985-1991) for 7 straight
years. Boggs is eventually inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Jeff Reardon records his 15th save of the year and his 342 career save, an all-time
high. He surpasses Rollie Fingers' previous record of 341 saves. The Red Sox have
only 3 hits, but defeat the Yankees, 1-0. Phil Plantier's solo home run in the 5th inning is
all they'll need. Reardon's record doesn't last for long, as Lee Smith surpasses him next
season. The Red Sox will trade Reardon to the Braves later this year.

In the 1st game of a doubleheader, Minnesota's Scott Erickson throws a 1 hit game
against the Red Sox, The Twins win, 5-0. Tom Brunansky has the only hit, a single in the
2nd inning. Erickson is now 7 and 7 on the year. Roger Clemens takes the loss, putting
him at 10 and 7. 3 days ago Hipolito Pichardo of the Royals throws a 1-hitter against the
Bosox.

April 15, 1993. Andre Dawson hits 400th career homer as Red Sox with in 13th.

The Indians score a run in the top of the 13th inning, but the Red Sox collect 2 singles
and a double to win over the Indians, 4-3. Andre Dawson hits his 400th career home run
in the bottom of the 2nd inning with nobody aboard. Despite losing, 3 Indians each collect
3 hits in the game. They have a total of 13 hits to Boston's 10. Roger Clemens goes 9
innings, giving up 2 runs on 9 hits, but Paul Quantrill, the 5th Boston pitcher, gets the win.

Danny Darwin goes 7 full innings against the White Sox without giving up a hit, but
with 1 out in the 8th gives up a triple to Dan Pasqua. He walks 2 and strikes out 2 in his
effort. The Red Sox only get 5 hits, but make them count, as they win, 5-0. It's Darwin's
13th win of the year, against 8 defeats.

For the second time this year (see May 31 above), a player goes 5 for 5. This time
it's the Angels' catcher, Chris Turner, who does it. Turner has 2 doubles and 3 singles, as
the Angels collect 17 hits to win, 10-3.

After losing the 1st 2 games of the ALDS in Cleveland, the teams move on to Boston,
where the Indians sweep the series with an 8-2 victory. Charles Nagy gets the win,
pitching 7 innings and giving up 1 run on 4 hits. Tim Wakefield gets the loss, going 5 1/3
innings and yielding 7 runs on 5 hits.

After the Red Sox take a 9-2 lead after 6 innings, the Yankees score 9 runs in the last
3 innings, only to have the Red Sox score 3 in the 9th to win, 12-11. Both Paul O'Neill
and Tino Martinez have 4 hits for New York. Jose Canseco hits a 3-run home run for
Boston in the 6th inning. Also for the Red Sox, Tim Naehring is 3 for 3 with 2 doubles.

Roger Clemens strikes out 10 Yankees, but Boston loses to New York, 4-2. It is his
last game in a Boston uniform. He pitches 7 2/3 innings, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits, losing
his 13th game of the season against 10 wins.

Behind 7-2 against the Mariners, going into the last of the 9th inning, the Red Sox
score 7 runs to win. Mo Vaughn hits a grand slam to win it, 9-7. Amazingly, Boston has
only 6 hits, but make them count. Seattle has 12 hits in the game.

September 24,1998.The Red Sox clinch a wild card spot with a 9-6 victory over
the Orioles. Pedro Martinez wins his 19th game and Tom Gordon records his
45th save.

Although they are 21 games behind the Yankees in the AL East, Boston clinches a
wild card spot with a 9-6 victory over the Orioles. Pedro Martinez wins his 19th game of the year and Tom Gordon
reaches his 45th save. Scott Hatteberg is 4 for 4, and Mo Vaughn and Nomar Garciaparra
(2 home runs) have 3 hits apiece, as the Red Sox collect 18 hits in all.

The Red Sox, having split the 1st 2 ALDS games in Cleveland, lose the next 2 in
Boston, as Cleveland wins the series, 3 games to 1. In game 3, Manny Ramirez hits 2
solo home runs, and Jim Thome and Kenny Lofton have 1 each. Nomar Garciaparra has
a 2-run home run for Boston in the bottom of the 9th, but it isn't enough, as Cleveland wins 4-3. In game 4, the Red Sox bring a 1 to
0 lead into the 8th, but the Indians score 2 runs in the top of the 8th on a David Justice
double. That is all the scoring Cleveland will need to take the game, 2-1, and the series.

Pedro Martinez fans 15 Anaheim batters over 8 innings, and Time Wakefield adds 2
more in the 9th, as the Red Sox down the Angels 6-0. Boston first baseman Mike Stanley
has 3 hits and 3 RBI's in the game.

May 12,1999. Pedro Martinez strikes out 15 again for the 2nd straight outing.
Nomar Garciaparra has 4 hits.

Just 5 days after he does it to the Angels, Pedro Martinez strikes out 15 Mariners.
He wins his 7th game in the process, putting him at 7-1 for the year. He goes 8 innings,
giving up 2 runs on 4 hits, and walking only 1. Nomar Garciaparra has 4 hits, including 2
doubles. The Red Sox win, 9-2.

The Red Sox score 11 runs in the 1st inning on 2 doubles and 2 home runs and
obliterate the White Sox, 17-1. Nomar Garciaparra has 2 home runs in the game and
drives in 5 runs. Brian Daubach has 4 RBI's. Pedro Martinez wins his 14th game of the
year, against only 2 losses. He pitches 5 innings, giving up 1 run on 3 hits.

Ted Williams is honored at Fenway Park before All-Star game, which the American
League wins, 4-1. Players from both teams surround Williams with a show of reverence.
Pedro Martinez starts for the American League and fans the 1st 4 batters he faces, and 5
of the 6 batters he sees in the 1st 2 innings. The only batter to reach base against
Martinez gets aboard on an error, and is erased attempting to steal on a double-play
strikeout. Curt Schilling, who will eventually star with the Red Sox, starts for the National
League and coughs up 2 runs on 3 hits over 2 innings.

Chuck Knoblauch has a homer, double, and 3 singles, driving in 4 runs, as the
Yankees rout the Red Sox, 13-3. Hideki Irabu goes the distance for New York, earning
his 8th win of the year, against 3 defeats.

After going 3 for 5 and driving in 5 runs yesterday, Brian Daubach goes 5 for 5 today, with
6 RBI's. Nomar Garciaparra has 3 doubles in the Red Sox 13-2 win over Seattle.
Pedro Martinez, pitching the last 4 innings, wins his 17th of the year, against only 3
losses. He will finish the year 23-4 with a 2.07 ERA and 313 strikeouts, earning the
pitching Triple Crown. He will also be awarded the AL Cy Young award. Alex Rodriguez has
a homer and double in the game, both off Pedro.

October 10,1999. Red Sox obliterate Indians to tie ALDS at 2 games apiece

The Red Sox rout the Indians, 23-7, as they compile 24 hits and score multiple times
in every inning except the 6th. Mike Stanley is 5 for 6, and both John Valentin and
Jason Varitek are 4 for 5 each. Valentin has 2 home runs and 7 RBI's. Trot Nixon and
Jose Offerman each have 5 RBI's. Boston will go on to win the ALDS from Cleveland by
winning game 5 in Cleveland.

Down in games, 2-0, Boston comes back to win game 3 of ALCS from New York by a 13-1
score. They knock around their former ace, Roger Clemens, driving in 5 runs on 6 hits
over his 2 innings. Nomar Garciaparra has 4 hits and John Valentin drives in 5 runs. Trot Nixon has 2 doubles. Pedro Martinez wins his 2nd game of the playoffs by pitching 7
innings of shutout ball, giving up 2 hits, while striking out 12 and walking 2. The Red Sox
compile 21 hits in the game, while the Yankees manage only 3.

New York takes a commanding 3 games to 1 lead in the ALCS as they down
Boston, 9-2. As a pinch hitter, Ricky Ledee hits a grand slam home run in the 9th inning
to put the game out of reach. Bernie Williams goes 3 for 5 in the game. Andy Pettitte gets
the win, going 7 1/3 innings and giving up 2 runs on 8 hits. Mariano Rivera gets his 4th
save of the playoffs. Bret Saberhagen suffers the loss.

Boston is knocked out of the playoffs, as the Yankees win, 6-1. Orlando Hernandez
gets the win, pitching 2 batters into the 8th inning, and giving up 1 run on 5 hits. He
strikes out 9 and walks 4. Jorge Posada and Derek Jeter both homer for New York.
Jason Varitek has a solo home run, accounting for the only Boston run.

Pedro Martinez pitches a complete 9 innings against Tampa Bay, striking out 17
batters and walking only 1. However, he loses 1-0. The run is scored in the 8th inning on
2 Devil Ray singles, including Greg Vaughn's RBI hit. While Tampa Bay gets 6 hits, the
Red Sox manage only 3 off Steve Trachsel, who also goes 9 innings, striking out 11 and
walking 3.

New York scores 9 runs in the 8th inning and 7 runs in the 9th to overpower Boston,
22-1. Shane Spencer (double, triple, and home run) and Scott Brosius both have 3 hits
and 4 RBI's. The Yankees collect 5 home runs in all. Ramiro Mendoza gets the win,
bringing his record to 6 and 3. He gives up 1 run on 6 hits over 7 innings.

Pedro Martinez strikes out 15 batters and walks none, while giving up 6 hits in a 1-0
win over the Chicago White Sox. Pedro wins his 11th game of the year, against 3
defeats. His ERA now stands at an astonishing 1.38. Chicago's Mike Sirotka gives up
only 1 run in his 8 innings pitched, but loses his 8th game of the year, against 9 wins.
Jason Varitek drives in the only run in the game with a single in the 4th inning. The run is
unearned. Pedro will win the Cy Young award for the 2nd consecutive year for the Red
Sox.

Pedro Martinez goes 8 innings, striking out 16 Tampa Bay batters, while walking
only 3. He gives up 3 hits in winning his 1st game of the year. Derek Lowe pitches 1
inning and strikes out another Devil Ray, giving Boston pitchers 17 on the day. The final
score is 3-0, as Manny Ramirez, in his 1st year in Boston, is 2 for 3 with 2 RBI's.

After pitching a no-hitter April 4th in Baltimore, Hideo Nomo throws a 1-hitter today, in
a 4-0 win against the Blue Jays. Shannon Stewart strokes a double, leading off the 4th
inning, for Toronto's only hit. Nomo strikes out 14 Blue Jays while
walking none. He wins his 5th game of the year, against 3 losses.

In a game tied 3-3 against the Tigers, Shea Hillenbrand leads off the 18th, and
strokes a home run to give the Red Sox the win. It's the first run the Red Sox score in the
game since the 5th inning. The Red Sox use 7 pitchers in the game, but Tim Wakefield,
pitching the top of the 18th inning, gets the win, making him 3 and 0 for the year. Boston's
Carl Everett, Jason Varitek, and Brian Daubach each strike out 4 times in the game.

One out away from a perfect game, Mike Mussina gives up a single to Carl Everett.
He retires the next batter to end the game, a 1-0 Yankee victory over the Red Sox.
Mussina has 13 strikeouts and 0 walks in the game. David Cone starts for Boston and
lasts 8 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run on 6 hits. The New York run is unearned, and comes
in the top of the 9th inning, driven in by an Enrique Wilson double. The Yankees sweep
the 3 game series from the Red Sox, who have now lost 8 in a row, moving to 9 games
back of the 1st place Yankees in the AL East.

Derek Lowe hurls a no-hitter against the Devil Rays, while striking out 6 and
walking only 1. He improves his record to 4 and 1 on the year. The Red Sox score 10
runs,with 13 hits, in their 10-0 victory.

In the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, Nomar Garciaparra powers the Red
Sox to a 22 to 4 win, hitting 3 home runs and driving in 8 runs. Manny Ramirez hits 2
homers of his own, driving in 5 runs. Johnny Damon and Trot Nixon each have 4 hits,
including a home run, as the Red Sox compile 19 hits in all.

Derek Lowe pitches 7 innings, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits, as he improves his record
to 20 and 7. Ugueth Urbina records his 35th save of the year, as the Red Sox defeat the
Orioles, 6-4. Manny Ramirez, 3 for 4 in the game, has 2 home runs, both solo shots.
Cliff Floyd is also 3 for 4, including 2 doubles. Pedro Martinez will win his 20th game for
the Red Sox on September 22nd at Baltimore.

In a 2-2 game, the Red Sox score 9 runs in the 8th inning on 5 singles, a double,
and a 3-run home run by Nomar Garciaparra. The only other extra base hit in the game
for Boston is a Jason Varitek homer in the 3rd inning.

Johnny Damon has 5 hits, and Bill Mueller and Todd Walker have 4 hits each, as the
Red Sox obliterate the Marlins, 25-8. They collect 3 home runs, a triple, 8 doubles, and
16 singles in a 28 hit attack. Mueller drives in 6 runs and Jason Varitek 3. In that 14
run 1st inning, Boston scores 10 runs before an out is made. Damon gets 3 hits
in the inning, including a single, double, and triple. In that inning, the Red Sox have 1
home run, a Manny Ramirez 3-run shot, as well as 4 doubles, a triple, and 7 singles,
totaling 13 hits. All 25 Boston runs in the game are earned.

The Red Sox clinch the AL wild card with a 14-3 win over the Orioles. They collect
18 hits, including 5 doubles and 3 home runs. Bill Mueller has 2 of the doubles, bringing
him to 45 on the season. Derek Lowe gets the win, bringing him to 17-7 on the year.

October 4, 2003. Down 2-0 in games in ALDS, Red Sox win, 3-1, on Trot
Nixon homer

After losing the 1st 2 games of ALDS to the Athletics in Oakland, the Red Sox win
game 3 in Boston, scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 11th inning on Trot Nixon's pinch hit 2-run walk-off
home run. Nixon's homer is the only one in the game. In fact, the only other extra base
hit in the game is a double by Johnny Damon.

Behind 4-3 going into the bottom of the 8th inning, David Ortiz strokes a 2-out double
to drive in the 2 winning runs. Johnny Damon and Todd Walker both homer in the game
for Boston. Jermaine Dye homers for Oakland. The Red Sox will win the ALDS
tomorrow in Oakland by a 4-3 score. They will face the Yankees in the ALCS.

Having split the 1st 2 games of the ALCS in New York with the Yankees, the Red
Sox lose game 3 in Boston, as Yankee pitching holds the Red Sox to 6 hits - a double and 5
singles. New York wins, 4-3, as Roger Clemens outshines Pedro Martinez. There
are multiple brawls in the game, including one in which Don Zimmer, the Yankee coach, is thrown down by
Martinez after Zimmer charges the mound.

David Wells wins his 2nd game of the playoffs ,and Mariano Rivera his 4th save, as
the Yankees defeat the Red Sox 4-2. The Yankees have 7 hits, all singles, but make
them count. The Red Sox have a triple by Todd Walker and a homer by Manny Ramirez.
Derek Lowe has his 3rd loss of the playoffs. The series moves on to New York. After
losing game 6, and being down by 3 runs in game 7, the Yankees will win the ALCS on
Aaron Boone's 11th inning home run.

Pedro Martinez pitches a complete 9 innings, as he brings his record to 13-4 on the
year. He gives up 6 hits, recording 10 strikeouts and no walks, as the Red Sox defeat the
Devil Rays, 6-0. The only extra base hit in the game for Tampa Bay is a double by
Aubrey Huff.

October 8, 2004. Red Sox sweep Angels in ALDS on David Ortiz 2-run homer in
10th

After the Red Sox beat the Angels in the 1st 2 games of the ALDS in Anaheim,
David Ortiz slams a 2-run walk-off home run at Fenway Park in the bottom of the 10th inning, to give
Boston a 3-game sweep. Ortiz has 4 hits and 3 RBI's in the game. Vladimir Guerrero has
a grand slam in the Angels' 5 run 7th inning which ties the game, but Boston prevails, 8-6.
Johnny Damon has 3 hits for Boston. The Red Sox will once again face the Yankees in
the ALCS.

After the Red Sox lose the 1st 2 games of the ALCS in New York, they get routed by
the Yankees in game 3 at Fenway Park, 19-8. Hideki Matsui is the batting star of the game, as he collects
5 hits, including 2 home runs, and 5 RBI's. Alex Rodriguez, with 3 hits in the game, also
has 2 homers, along with 3 RBI's. Gary Sheffield (4 RBI's) and Bernie Williams (3 RBI's)
each have 4 hits in the game.

October 17, 2004. With their backs to the wall, Red Sox win Game 4 in 12th
inning

David Ortiz hits another 2-run walk-off home run, as the Red Sox keep their hopes
alive with a 6-4 win over the Yankees. This time he hits it in the 12th inning. Earlier, in
the bottom of the 9th inning, the Red Sox tie the game on a Bill Mueller single, scoring
Dave Roberts who earlier had stolen 2nd base as a pinch runner. Ortiz, whose homer is
the only extra base hit in the game for Boston, has 4 RBI's. For New York, Alex
Rodriguez has a 2-run home run, and Hideki Matsui doubles and triples.

David Ortiz once again provides the heroics for Boston, as he strokes a single
scoring Johnny Damon with the winning run in the bottom of the 14th inning. Ortiz is 3 for
6 with 3 RBI's in the game, including a home run in the game-tying 2-run 8th inning. For
New York, Bernie Williams homers and Derek Jeter has a 3-run double. With the Series
now 3-2 in favor of New York, the teams return to Yankee Stadium for the 6th and 7th
games. The Red Sox will complete an improbable comeback by winning both games. They are AL champions, and become the first team to win a postseason series after being down 3 games to
none. They go on to sweep the World Series in 4 games over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees, 10-1, to capture the AL wild card. New
York has as many hits (11) as the Red Sox, but Boston makes them count. Both
Manny Ramirez and Doug Mirabelli have 3-run home runs. Also for the Red Sox,
Bill Mueller hits a solo homer.

After losing the 1st 2 games of the ALDS in Chicago, the Red Sox get swept in the
series by losing the 3rd game in Boston, 5-3. Although Manny Ramirez hits 2 home runs, and David Ortiz adds another, it isn't enough, as all are with the bases empty.
Tim Wakefield cannot hold back Chicago, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits over 5 1/3 innings.
Paul Konerko has a 2-run homer for the White Sox.

Jon Lester goes 8 innings against the Royals, giving up the 1 hit, a single by third
baseman Mark Teahen, in the top of the 2nd inning. Lester gets the win, making him 5-0 on
the season. Jonathan Papelbon pitches a hitless and scoreless 9th, recording his 28th
save of the year, as the Red Sox win, 1-0.

July 31, 2006. David Ortiz walk-off homer against Indians keeps Red Sox in 1st
place

David Ortiz blasts a 3-run home run to give the Red Sox a dramatic 9-8 win over the
Cleveland Indians. Boston now has a 1 game lead in the AL East over the idle Yankees.
Although David Wells gives up 8 runs on 8 hits in his 4 2/3 innings, Kyle Snyder, who
gets the win, pitches 4 1/3 innings of 1-hit shutout ball. Ortiz, who has 4 RBI's, has a
double and 2 home runs on the day, as he hits a 4th inning solo shot earlier.
Manny Ramirez and Wily Mo Pena also homer for Boston. Casey Blake has 2 home runs
for Cleveland, along with 5 RBI's. The Red Sox are 63 and 41 on the year, but will go 23
and 35 the rest of the way and not make the playoffs.

The Yankees increase their AL East lead to 3 1/2 games with a day-night
doubleheader win over Boston. They score 12 runs in the opener in a 12-4 win, and 14
runs in the nightcap for a 14-11 win. In the 1st game, Johnny Damon is 3 for 6, including
a double and home run with 4 RBI's, against his former mates. Bobby Abreu has 4 of the
New York 17 hits. Mark Loretta and Eric Hinske each have 3 doubles in the game for
Boston. Also for the Red Sox, Manny Ramirez strokes his 33rd home run of the year.
Chien-Ming Wang gets the win for New York, moving his record to 14-5.

In the 2nd game, the Yankees score 5 runs in the 2nd inning and 7 runs in the 7th, to
get the win. Damon gets 3 more hits, including a 2-run homer in the 4th inning. He has 3
RBI's in the game. Also for New York, Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter have 3 RBI's
each, and Melky Cabrera is 3 for 3. Ramirez has 4 hits for Boston. Also for the Red Sox,
Loretta is 3 for 6 with 4 RBI's, and Ortiz strokes his 43rd home run of the year with
nobody aboard.

Boston scores 6 runs in the 9th inning, after being down 5-0, to win, 6-5, over the
Orioles. 3 of the runs are unearned as Baltimore commits 2 errors in the inning. The Red
Sox have 2 single, 2 doubles, and 3 walks to score the 6 runs. The Red Sox are now 8
games in front of 2nd place New York in the AL East.

In only his 2nd major league start, Clay Buchholz pitches a no-hitter against the
Orioles, as the Red Sox win, 10-0. He throws 115 pitches, 73 for strikes, as he strikes out
9 and walks 3. The Red Sox lead is 5 games over 2nd place New York in the AL East.

The Red Sox defeat the Twins, 5-2, and combined with a New York loss to
Baltimore, give them the AL East, their 1st since 1995. Boston breaks New York's 9
straight division titles streak. In the win against Minnesota, David Ortiz is 3 for 4,
including his 35th homer and 52nd double of the year. Daisuke Matsuzaka wins his 15th
game of the year, against 12 losses. He goes 8 innings, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits.
Jonathan Papelbon earns his 37th save, pitching a hitless and scoreless 9th inning.

In the opening game of the ALDS in Boston, Josh Beckett throws a complete game
4-hitter, striking out 8 Angels while walking none. He throws 108 pitches, 83 for strikes.
The Red Sox win, 4-0, as David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis both homer.

With the score tied 3-3, with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning, Manny Ramirez
slams a 3-run home run off Francisco Rodriguez to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead in the
ALDS. The teams move to Anaheim, where the Red win the 3rd game of the ALCS, 9-1,
to sweep the series.

After losing 2 out of 3 games in Cleveland, and now down 3-2 in games, the Red Sox
handily beat the Indians 12-2 in game 6 in Boston. Curt Schilling wins his 2nd game of
the playoffs, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits over 7 innings. J.D. Drew has 5 RBI's, including a
grand slam home run in the 1st inning. He and Kevin Youkilis have 3 hits apiece.

Dustin Pedroia has 3 hits, including a homer and double, as he drives in 5 runs in
Boston's 11-2 7th game win over Cleveland. Jason Varitek also has 3 hits, including 2
doubles, and Kevin Youkilis adds 3 hits of his own. The Red Sox collect 15 hits in all to
win the ALCS and advance to the World Series.

October 24, 2007. Red Sox win opening game of World Series against
Rockies

Josh Beckett wins his 4th game of the postseason as the Red Sox rout the Rockies,
13-1, in the opening game of the World Series in Boston. Beckett has 9 strikeouts, with 1
walk, as he goes 7 innings, giving up 1 run on 6 hits. David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, and
Julio Lugo all collect 3 hits in the win. Boston has 7 doubles, 2 by Kevin Youkilis and 2
by Ortiz. Dustin Pedroia hits a solo home run.

Curt Schilling wins his 3rd game of the postseason as the Red Sox win game 2 of the
World Series, 2-1. Schilling goes 5 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run on 4 hits. It's the only run
the Rockies score as Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon combine for 3 2/3 shutout
innings of relief. The only extra base hit in the game is a double by Mike Lowell that
drives in 1 of the Boston runs. The teams move to Colorado, where the Red Sox will
sweep the series from the Rockies.

Boston's J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell both hit grand slams in an 11-8 win over the
Royals. Mike Lowell also has a double and single in the game. Miguel Olivo has 2
doubles and a home run, as he drives in 5 runs for Kansas City. Also for the Royals,
Jose Guillen has 4 hits, including a double and home run. Daisuke Matsuzaka improves
his record to 8 and 0 on the year, as he gives up 3 runs on 6 hits over 5 2/3 innings.

After scoring 10 runs in the 1st inning, the Red Sox have to score 4 runs in the 8th
inning in order to come away with a 19-17 victory over the Rangers. The Rangers, down
12-2 going into the 5th, score 8 runs in the 5th and 5 in the 6th and take a 15-14 lead after
6. They score another run in the 7th, to lead 16-14, but Boston comes back to win. For
the Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia has 5 hits, and David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis drive in 6
runs and 5 runs respectively. Ortiz has 2 3-run homers in that 10 run 1st inning. Youkilis
also homers twice, and Jed Lowrie has 2 doubles. For Texas, Marlon Byrd has 5 hits,
while Frank Catalanotto has 2 of Texas' 7 doubles. Also for the Rangers, Ian Kinsler has
a double and homer, driving in 4 runs.

Alex Rios has 5 hits, including 4 of the 10 Blue Jay doubles, as Toronto defeats Boston, 15-4. Toronto's Adam Lind
drives in 4 runs with a double and home run. 4 Blue Jays have 3 hits apiece. Boston's Jed Lowrie
is 3 for 3, including a double and triple.

Dustin Pedroia is only the 3rd player in Red Sox history to accumulate 200 hits and
50 doubles in a season. Only Tris Speaker and Wade Boggs have done it before him.
He goes 3 for 5 in the game, the 2nd of a day-night doubleheader, along with 2 doubles.
Jason Bay also has 3 hits for Boston, who wins, 7-5.

October 5, 2008. Angels stay alive in ALDS by winning game 3 in the 12th
inning.

In Anaheim, the Red Sox win the 1st 2 games of the ALDS against the Angels, but
return home and lose, 5-4, in 12 innings. The game is tied, 4-4 from the 5th until the 12th,
when Erick Aybar singles in the winning run for the Angels. Mike Napoli and
Chone Figgins both have 3 hits for the Angels, with Napolli (3 RBI's) slugging 2 home
runs. Jacoby Ellsbury drives in 3 for the Red Sox.

After a split in the 1st 2 games at Tampa Bay, the Rays win the 3rd game in Boston handily, 9-1, as Matt Garza goes 6 innings giving
up 1 run on 6 hits. J.P. Howell and Edwin Jackson combine for 3 shutout innings in relief.
Jon Lester goes 5 2/3 innings for Boston, and gives up 4 runs on 5 hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Paul Byrd, in relief of Lester, gives up 4 runs on 5 hits over 3 1/3 innings. The Rays have
4 home runs, including one each from B.J. Upton and Rocco Baldelli, who drive in 3 runs
apiece.

The Rays rout the Red Sox, 13-4, to take a 3-1 lead in the ALCS. For Tampa Bay,
Carl Crawford has 5 hits and Willy Aybar, with 4 hits, drives in 5 runs. Crawford has 2
doubles and a triple. Andy Sonnanstine wins his 2nd game of the postseason as he
goes 7 1/3 innings, giving up 4 runs, 3 earned, on 6 hits.

October 16, 2008. Down 7-0 in the 7th, the Red Sox score 8 runs to win

Down 3-1 in games, and behind 7-0 in the 7th inning, the Red Sox score 8 runs in
the last 3 innings to win, 8-7, and move to a 3-2 series deficit. David Ortiz hits the big blow in the 7th
with a 3-run home run. J.D. Drew strokes a 2-run homer in the 8th, and drives in the
winning run in the 9th with a walk-off single. B.J. Upton is 3 for 4, with 4 RBI's, for Tampa
Bay. The teams return to Tampa Bay where the Red Sox even the series with a game 6
win, but then lose game 7. Tampa Bay advances to the World Series.

The first 12 batters of the 6th inning for the Boston Red Sox all reach base and score
before the 1st out is made. The 12th at bat is a 3-run homer by Jason Bay. The next 3
batters are retired in order. This breaks an AL mark, and ties the major league record.
Bay's home run is the only homer of the game. For Boston, Julio Lugo goes 3 for 5,
including a triple, and Bay has 4 runs batted in. The final score is Boston 13
Cleveland 3, as Tim Wakefield gets the win, pushing his record to 4 and 1.

The Yankees beat the Red Spx, 20-11. The 31 combined runs are the most ever
between these two teams. For New York, Alex Rodriguez and Melky Cabrera each have
4 hits, and Hideki Matsui has two 3-run home runs and 7 RBI's. The Yankees have 23
hits in the game.

After winning the 1st 2 games at Anaheim, the Angels win game 3 in Boston to
sweep the series. They do so by scoring 2 runs in the 8th and 3 in the 9th, for a 7-6
victory, after being down 5-2 after 7 innings. Bobby Abreu is 3 for 5, with 2 doubles, and
Vladimir Guerrero singles in the tying and go-ahead runs in the 9th. The Angel bullpen
gives up only 1 run in 3 innings of relief after Scott Kazmir, the starter, yields 5 runs on 5
hits over the first 6 innings. Clay Buchholz starts for Boston and gives up 2 runs in his 5
innings of work, but the Boston bullpen gives up 5 runs, including 3 runs allowed on 4
hits in the 9th inning by Jonathan Papelbon.

June 12, 2010. Daniel Nava hits a grand slam home run off his 1st major league
pitch

In the 2nd inning, in his 1st major league at-bat, Daniel Nava comes up to the plate with the bases loaded. On the first pitch, he slams a grand slam home run.
It's only the 2nd time in major league history that a grand slam home run has been hit on
a player's 1st Major League pitch. Kevin Kouzmanoff was the 1st player to do it, with the
Indians on September 2, 2006. The Red Sox win over the Phillies, 10-2.

Jonathan Papelbon strikes out the side in the 9th inning against the Angels, and
records his 30th save of the year. It is the 5th straight year he has accomplished this, the
1st pitcher to do so. The Red Sox win, 7-5.

August 31, 2011 Red Sox beat Yankees before they embark on historic slide

All looks rosy, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 9-5. Josh Beckett wins his 12th
game of the year, and Boston gets homers from Jason Varitek, Jacoby Ellsbury, and
David Ortiz. Ellsbury and Varitek also double in the game. They are now 1 1/2 games in
front of New York in the AL East, and have a 9 game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays,
their closest competition for a wild card slot. However, they will have the biggest
September slide in major league history, as they go 7 and 20 and are eliminated from the
playoffs.

After multiple attempts, in an 18-6 win against the Blue Jays, Tim Wakefield wins his
200th career game. He pitches 6 innings, giving up 5 runs on 6 hits, to move his record to
7 and 6. Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia have 4 hits, with Pedroia hitting 2
doubles, 2 home runs, and compiling 5 RBI's . Also for the Red Sox, Jarrod Saltalamacchia
has 4 RBI's.

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